It’s Tuesday, July 18th, A.D. 2023. This is The Worldview in 5 Minutes heard at www.TheWorldview.com. I’m Adam McManus. (Adam@TheWorldview.com)
By Kevin Swanson
Chinese Communists are rewriting the Bible
Republican Congressman Mike Gallagher of Wisconsin wrote a Fox News column in which he announced yesterday that the Communist Chinese Party is rewriting the Bible.
And, across one province, “local CCP officials forced Protestant churches to replace the Ten Commandments with Xi Jinping quotes. “Thou shalt have no other gods before Me” became “Resolutely guard against the infiltration of Western ideology.”
This comes as Party Chair Xi declared at the 19th Party Congress this year, “We will… insist on the sinicization of Chinese religions, and provide active guidance for religion and socialism to co-exist.”
“Conservative” denominations which welcome female leadershi
The Christian Post has issued a list of what they call “theologically conservative” denominations which have incorporated women into leadership as pastors, priests and elders.
They include: The Christian and Missionary Alliance Church, the Anglican Church of North America, the Evangelical Presbyterian Church, the Reformed Church in America, the Covenant Order of Evangelical Presbyterians, the Wesleyan Church, Canadian Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches, the Canadian Reformed Church, the Christian Reformed Church in North America, and the Four Square Church.
The Christian Post also continues publishing opinions in support of bringing more women into church leadership.
Sound of Freedom trouncing new Mission Impossible film
Sound of Freedom, the recently released film which addresses child kidnapping and trafficking, has outsold Tom Cruise’s Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning, Part One. Sound of Freedom has made $85 million in box office receipts, and the film collected another $27 million over the weekend. That’s a 37% increase from the previous weekend sales.
The production company for the film, Angel Studios, reports over 7 million in ticket sales, far exceeding their initial 2 million-ticket goal.
Watch the trailer and get tickets through a special link in our transcript today at www.TheWorldview.com.
The teen porn pandemic
Yet, more concerning, is a recent survey that found that pornography viewing among underaged kids, below the age 17, now stands at 75%, up from 42% in 2014.
While about 300-400 children are kidnapped in this nation each year, 25,000,000 children are introduced to pornography between the ages of 10 and 17, with 12 being the average age of first exposure.
Ezekiel 5:6 describes our nation. “She has rebelled against My ordinances more wickedly than the nations and against My statutes more than the lands which surround her; for they have rejected My ordinances and have not walked in My statutes.”
Russia and Belarus barred from 2024 Olympic Games
The Olympics have entered the realm of international politics with a new recommendation just out last week.
Russia and Belarus are barred from the 2024 games — for their involvement in the Ukrainian war, reports NPR.
Historically, the U.S. boycotted the Moscow Olympics in 1980 upon the USSR’s invasion of Afghanistan. And South Africa was banned from the Olympics in 1964 — for its apartheid policies.
Canada greenlights euthanasia for mentally ill
Canada is expanding its euthanasia program, or Medical Assistance in Dying, to the mentally ill beginning in March of 2024, reports The Messenger.
The killing is increasing at a rate of 30% per year. Canadian doctors killed 10,064 people in 2021, not counting babies. That’s up from 6,700 in 2020, and 3,100 in 2018. The program kicked off in 2015.
New Iowan law bans abortion after 6 weeks
Iowan Republican Governor Kim Reynolds has signed a 6-week abortion ban into law. The law allows exceptions for rape and incest, as well as miscarriages and fatal fetal abnormalities. Plus, it allows for the child to be aborted for any reason prior to the detection of a fetal heartbeat.
Immediately upon the bill passing into law, pro-abortion forces jumped into action. State Judge Joseph Seidlin issued a court order to block enforcement.
Iowa has seen a shift to a more conservative red in voting patterns as 58% of the gubernatorial vote went Republican in the 2022 elections. That was 44% in 2002 and 2006.
Suspected serial killer just arrested for decades-old murders
Numbers 32:33 warns, “Be sure your sin will find you out.”
Police have arrested a suspected serial killer concerning murders taking place between 1996 and 2011 in Long Island, New York, reports Fox News. That’s 12-26 years ago.
An architect named Rex Heuermann is in police custody.
About half of murders go unsolved in America which is about the lowest among industrialized nations.
God’s heat wave
In God’s providence, a major heat wave across the southern part of the U.S. is producing record-breaking temperatures.
Phoenix, Arizona just tied a record. Temperatures there rose above 110 degrees Fahrenheit for 18 days straight. And the current 7-day forecast is looking like a 25-day run.
The hottest place on Earth — Death Valley, California — hit a temperature of 128 degrees Fahrenheit on Sunday. That’s just six degrees shy of the world record.
What Jeff in Tennessee told me
On Monday, I announced that Shannan in Alexandria, Minnesota generously offered to match, dollar for dollar, the first 10 people who gave a one-time gift of $600 or pledged $50/month for 12 months to help fund this newscast for another year.
Jeff in Sevierville, Tennessee was one of the first four Worldview listeners to accept that challenge.
When I called him up yesterday evening, this is what he told me.
JEFF: “You may not know it, but you have coffee with me most mornings about sunrise. I really appreciate your broadcast. I’ve supported you for two or three years now. And I also knew that I needed to change the amount of my giving. So, I’m kind of calculating, and I keep coming up with this number, you know.
“When I heard that Shannon from Alexandria, Minnesota had made a challenge to people, up to $600 amount, I knew then that that was the number that the Lord had given me to give to your ministry. So, that’s what I did. I’m a steward and it’s the Lord that’s sown into your work.”
12 Worldview listeners gave $6,687.75
Through God’s provision, 12 Worldview listeners donated toward our $80,000 goal by Monday, July 31st to keep this unique Christian newscast on the air.
Our thanks to Christina in Gibsonia, Pennsylvania who gave $25, Ben in Wall, Texas and Eric in Burnet, Texas – both of whom gave $100, and Nancy in Ketchikan, Alaska who gave $180.
We thank God for The Dreyer Family including Elijah, age 15, Malachi, age 12, and Samuel, age 8 in Greencastle, Indiana who collectively gave $232.75, Leann from Zeeland, North Dakota who gave $300, Ed in Wellsburg, Iowa who pledged $25/month for 12 months for a total gift of $300, and Julie in White Hall, Maryland who gave $350.
We were touched by the kindness of Zephaniah in Lomax, Illinois, Jeff in Sevierville, Tennessee, and Caleb in Boiling Springs, Pennsylvania – each of whom gave $600 as well as James in Lenoir, North Carolina who pledged $75/month for 12 months for a total gift of $900.
As promised, Shannan in Alexandria, Minnesota will match those last four donations with a gift of $2,400. If you are one of the next six Worldview listeners to pledge $50/month for 12 months or give a one-time gift of $600, she will match you as well.
Those 12 new donations add up to $6,687.75. Ready for our new grand total? Drum roll please. (Drum roll sound effect) $32,981.16 (Crowd cheering sound effect)
In order to hit our $60,000 immediate goal by this Friday, July 21st, we need to raise $27,018.84. After the next six people give $600 or pledge $50/month, we will need to raise $19,818.84. That would mean 16 more people to pledge $50/month and 32 more to pledge $25/month.
Just go to TheWorldview.com and click on “Give” at the top right to give what the Lord is prompting you to donate. Make sure to select the “Recurring” tab if that’s your wish.
And, by the way, I’m still looking for 2-4 sentence long emails from listeners across the nation and around the world. What does the newscast meant to you. I’m especially interested in hearing from listeners outside America and Canada. Make sure to include your full name, city and state, and if outside America, your country. Send that to Adam@TheWorldview.com.
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And that’s The Worldview in 5 Minutes on this Tuesday, July 18th in the year of our Lord 2023. Subscribe by iTunes or email to our unique Christian newscast at www.TheWorldview.com. Or get the Generations app through Google Play or The App Store. I’m Adam McManus (Adam@TheWorldview.com). Seize the day for Jesus Christ.